Outlasting the field were David Moreno and Phil Hui, and the two struck a deal heads up. As the chip leader, Moreno officially claimed victory and the trophy.

Moreno began the final table seventh in chips, but found himself on the winning end of several critical hands to climb the leaderboard, en route to his securing the chip lead, and his eventual first SHRP trophy.

The turbo tournament is speeding right along on one side of the Event Center as Event 1 plays down. Registration closed with 212 entries to crush the $30,000 Guarantee. They combined to put $54,060 up for grabs with the last 27 spots earnings some money.

A min-cash will take home $403 while the winner banks $13,134 along with the Showdown trophy and custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of IMPDI.

It will be another busy day in the Event Center but most of the attention will be turned towards the restart of Event 1 and their 423 returning players. But if you are not among that crowd, we have two new one-day events for you starting with the fast-paced Event 6.

It is a $360 buy-in tournament with a turbo structure and deep starting stacks along with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool. Good for some action on a Sunday afternoon.

They’ll sit down to 25,000 stacks and all levels will run 15 minutes today. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 14 at 3:45pm. It won’t take long to settle the matter and we will crown another champ before the end of the night.

The final table of the Seniors Event saw some ups and downs early, but the second half belonged entirely to Hany Ayoub, who seemingly coasted to victory.

Yet when asked to name a key hand from his final table, Ayoub’s first thought went to a hand he misplayed and lost.

“I made a big mistake when we were down to 10 people. I went all in with pocket deuces, and it was a big mistake. I was down to 20,000, but I came back.”

Ayoub had moved all in with after a flop of , but Scott Robbins called with . Ayoub’s hand never caught up, and Ayoub was knocked down to just five big blinds. But, like he said, he came back.

When asked to describe his comeback, Ayoub said, “I was getting a lot of good hands. Just lucky.”

Ayoub was born in Egypt, but at 66 years of age, he has spent his entire adult life living in Miami. And he spends much of his time playing tournaments here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, with 11 cashes here in 2018, and 19 over the past two years. In that time, he only has one cash at a different casino, and that one came at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa, a sister property.

Why does Ayoub love playing at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood? One of the big reasons is Tournament Director Tony Burns. “Since Tony has been here, it’s been really good.”